M. Athar Ali
| M. Athar Ali | |
|---|---|
 M. Athar Ali | |
| Born | 18 January 1925 |
| Died | 7 July 1998 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Occupation | Historian, teacher |
| Known for | Authoring books on medieval Indian history |
| Spouse(s) | Feroza Khatoon[1] |
| Children | Taimur[1] |
| Awards | National Fellow (ICHR, 1990-1993); Barpujari award (1986)[2] |
M. Athar Ali (18 January 1925—7 July 1998) was an Indian historian who specialised in medieval Indian history. He was a professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Medieval History at his alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University.[2]
Career
Ali was educated at Aligarh Muslim University when he was a student of Mohammad Habib, Nurul Hasan, and S. A. Rashid.[2] He earned his doctorate at AMU in 1961 under the supervision of Satish Chandra.[1] He and fellow historian and classmate, Irfan Habib both joined the faculty of AMU's Department of History at around the same time in 1953.[3]
Ali died of liver cancer on July 7, 1998 after being ill for three months.[1]
Works
- The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, 1966, OUP, ISBN 9780195655995
- The Apparatus of Empire: Awards of Ranks, Offices and Titles to the Mughal Nobility, 1574-1658, 1985, ISBN 9780195615005
- The Perception of India in Akbar and Abu'l Fazl" in Akbar and His India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,1997
- Mughal India. Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture, Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-569661-5
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Barnett, Richard B. (November 1998). "M. Athar Ali 1925–1998". The Journal of Asian Studies 57 (04): 1239. doi:10.1017/S002191180006318X. Retrieved 20 April 2015 – via JSTOR. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Menon, Parvathi (18 July 1998). "A historian and a teacher". Frontline. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ Habib, Irfan (1 August 1998). "M Athar Ali: Scholar and Teacher". Economic and Political Weekly 33 (31): 2060. Retrieved 20 April 2015 – via JSTOR. (subscription required (help)).